Gerontological Nursing Exam #1 Questions With Correct
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Chapter //1 //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Introduction //to //Healthy //Aging
Identify //three //factors //that //influence //the //aging //experience:
What /
/are /
/the /
/major /
/factors /
/influencing //the //experience //of //aging? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Health, //History //and //sex
Aging //Cohort: //When //established //in //1935, //what //effect //did //Social //Security //have //by //setting
//the //retirement //age //at //65 //years? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //time //frame //as //being //old.
Aging /
/depends /
/on /
/what? //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔- //Decade //during //which //one //was //born //or //his //or //her //history
- //sex
-ethnic //group
-health //history
What /
/types /
/of /
/effects /
/does /
,/gender /
/have //on //various //aspects //of //aging? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Women //usually //live //alone
//after //widowhood.
What //are //individuals //who //are //100-
109 //years //old //known //as? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Centenarians
According /
/to /
/researchers, /
/which /
/characteristic /
/will //most //centenarians //share //in //the //future? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Female
Define /
/health /
/and /
/wellness /
/within /
/the /
/context /
/of /
/aging /
/and //chronic //illness: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Health: //influenced //by //culture //and //age
Wellness: //one's //whole //being; //physical, //emotional, //mental //and //spiritual.
In /
/differentiating /
/between /
/health /
/and /
/wellness /
/in /
/health /
, /care, /
/which /
/statement /
/is /
/true? //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Health //is //a //broad //term //encompassing //attitudes //and //behaviors
What /
/does /
/wellness /
/involve? //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Wellness /
/involves /
/achieving //
a/
/balance /
/between /
/one's /
/internal /
/and /
/external /
/environment //and //one's //emotional, //spiritual, //social, //cultural, //and //physical //processes.
Examples /
/of /
/interventions /
/to /
/promote /
/wellness /
/would /
/include //all //of //the //following //except: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔psychiatric //screenings
Which /
/describes /
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Answers
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Chapter //1 //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Introduction //to //Healthy //Aging
Identify //three //factors //that //influence //the //aging //experience:
What /
/are /
/the /
/major /
/factors /
/influencing //the //experience //of //aging? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Health, //History //and //sex
Aging //Cohort: //When //established //in //1935, //what //effect //did //Social //Security //have //by //setting
//the //retirement //age //at //65 //years? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔A //time //frame //as //being //old.
Aging /
/depends /
/on /
/what? //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔- //Decade //during //which //one //was //born //or //his //or //her //history
- //sex
-ethnic //group
-health //history
What /
/types /
/of /
/effects /
/does /
,/gender /
/have //on //various //aspects //of //aging? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Women //usually //live //alone
//after //widowhood.
What //are //individuals //who //are //100-
109 //years //old //known //as? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Centenarians
According /
/to /
/researchers, /
/which /
/characteristic /
/will //most //centenarians //share //in //the //future? //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Female
Define /
/health /
/and /
/wellness /
/within /
/the /
/context /
/of /
/aging /
/and //chronic //illness: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Health: //influenced //by //culture //and //age
Wellness: //one's //whole //being; //physical, //emotional, //mental //and //spiritual.
In /
/differentiating /
/between /
/health /
/and /
/wellness /
/in /
/health /
, /care, /
/which /
/statement /
/is /
/true? //- /
/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔Health //is //a //broad //term //encompassing //attitudes //and //behaviors
What /
/does /
/wellness /
/involve? //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔Wellness /
/involves /
/achieving //
a/
/balance /
/between /
/one's /
/internal /
/and /
/external /
/environment //and //one's //emotional, //spiritual, //social, //cultural, //and //physical //processes.
Examples /
/of /
/interventions /
/to /
/promote /
/wellness /
/would /
/include //all //of //the //following //except: //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔psychiatric //screenings
Which /
/describes /
